Tiny glass beads discovered in mountain caves about 25 miles from the shores of Lake Malawi in eastern-central Africa provide evidence that European trade in the continent’s hinterland was built on ...

More information: Chen-Long Ding et al, A potential mantle origin for precursor rocks of high-Mg impact glass beads in Chang'e-5 soil, Science Advances (2025). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adv9019 ...

Scientists announced earlier this week that they have discovered water inside tiny beads of glass scattered across the moon, suggesting that one day it could be extracted and used by the ...

Glass beads were a key component of trade between Europeans and Indigenous Americans during early interactions between the two continents.

Tiny glass beads suggest moon had active volcanoes 120 million years ago September 6, 2024 at 4:00 a.m. by The Associated Press ...

They found that glass beads formed by impacts from space rocks can store water, suggesting that the moon and other “airless bodies” like asteroids might actually have more water on their ...

Apollo astronauts discovered orange and black glass beads on the Moon's surface, a surprising find among the gray landscapes. The beads, measuring less than a millimeter (0.04 inches), were formed ...

Her medium is the tiny seed bead. Her canvas ranges from a 35-foot-long mobile home to the chauvinist history of Abstract Expressionism.

Scientists say they have discovered water trapped inside tiny beads of glass scattered across the moon, suggesting a potential reservoir of this precious resource for future human activities on ...

Volcanoes were still erupting on the moon when dinosaurs roamed Earth, new research suggests. The evidence, three tiny glass beads plucked from the surface of the moon and brought to Earth in 2020 ...

Volcanoes were still erupting on the moon when dinosaurs roamed Earth, new research suggests. The evidence: three tiny glass beads plucked from the surface of the moon and brought to Earth in 2020 ...